Online Bulletin
Sunday April 12, 2026
Skycrest United Methodist Church is located in Clearwater, FL and welcomes and includes people of every age, race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, economic status, and physical and mental ability. United, forgiven, and saved by our belief in Jesus Christ, we offer a loving environment to all seeking respite in God. We are a family. We are Skycrest.
Important Links
Order Of Service
House of the Lord
Welcome & Announcements
God So Loved
Opening Prayer
Scripture - 2 Corinthians 4:13-18
Kid’s Moment
Statement of Faith of the Korean Methodist Church - Hymnal #881
Choir Anthem - Greater Love
Silent Prayer / Lord’s Prayer
Sermon - “Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Pain and Suffering”
Response to the Word
Communion
Offering
Closing - To God Be the Glory - Hymn 98, vs. 1, 2, 3
Benediction
Announcements
Blood Drive on Sunday, April 12
We're hosting a blood drive right here at Skycrest next Sunday, April 12, from 10-12:30pm. Giving blood is one of the most meaningful ways we can serve and love our neighbors, and we'd love for you to participate! All donors will receive a wellness checkup and some goodies as a thank-you for giving. An appointment is not required. Every donation makes a difference. We hope to see you there!
Camp Week, Registration
Skycrest will be sending our students to the Warren Willis Camp this summer on week 1, which is June 15-20, 2026. Those interested in sending your student(s), rising 4th grade through graduating seniors, need to head over to https://wwumccc.org/cost/, and follow the link that says "Register." Theyalso have tuition scholarships available (they call "camperships"). Campership applications received after April 1 will be considered if funds are available. If you would like to go but are still unable to produce funding, let me know, and we’ll make sure that your child can attend. This is such a special experience in the lives of our students, and I hope yours will be able to join us! Please let me know if you have any questions.
Current Sermon Series “Where the Rubber Meets the Road.”
Easter is a season celebrating new life, hope and possibility. And…life continues on and with it the things that plagued us previously. As discouraging as that may be, the resurrection has never been presented as the elimination of struggle, but as the irreversible foundation that makes endurance, transformation, and hope coherent in the middle of it. This series taps into the prayers of a resurrection people living the real world. Weekly topics address; Pain and Suffering, Sin that Separates, Doubt and Uncertainty, Relationships and Community Conflict, and Vocation and Meaning.
Please check the Calendar (under the Resources tab) for all upcoming events. Contact the office if you have questions or would like additional information. office@skycrest.net or (727) 446-2218.
Scripture
“13 But we continue to preach because we have the same kind of faith the psalmist had when he said, “I believed in God, so I spoke.”[a] 14 We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus,[b] will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you. 15 All of this is for your benefit. And as God’s grace reaches more and more people, there will be great thanksgiving, and God will receive more and more glory.
16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[c] being renewed every day. 17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.”